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<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 13078" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>if you compare nz to elsewhere, you will go mad. other countries can have missive flows which totally changes how they beekeep. you can waste a lot of time and effort chasing your tail trying to match other people.</p><p></p><p>one thing to keep in mind, if it was worth moving the hives to a different flow the big crowds would be doing that already. especially as they tend to have the gear and setup to do it economically. </p><p>for small players, like when i started, shifting a small amount of hives took a lot of man power to do so. we used to shift to a few specialty honey sites, but they where often being shifted out of orchards anyway so it wasn't a big extra cost. plus fuel was a lot cheaper 20 years ago.</p><p>if you have the gear to shift a lot of hives easily, then i guess you would be already doing that.</p><p></p><p>you need to know what crop you could get, how reliable it is, and if its worth the extra cost (can you even sell it?). plus be able to afford the bad seasons because you now have higher costs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 13078, member: 30"] if you compare nz to elsewhere, you will go mad. other countries can have missive flows which totally changes how they beekeep. you can waste a lot of time and effort chasing your tail trying to match other people. one thing to keep in mind, if it was worth moving the hives to a different flow the big crowds would be doing that already. especially as they tend to have the gear and setup to do it economically. for small players, like when i started, shifting a small amount of hives took a lot of man power to do so. we used to shift to a few specialty honey sites, but they where often being shifted out of orchards anyway so it wasn't a big extra cost. plus fuel was a lot cheaper 20 years ago. if you have the gear to shift a lot of hives easily, then i guess you would be already doing that. you need to know what crop you could get, how reliable it is, and if its worth the extra cost (can you even sell it?). plus be able to afford the bad seasons because you now have higher costs. [/QUOTE]
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